Calflora Taxon Report
Achyrachaena mollis Schauer
Blow-Wives
Achyrachaena mollis is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Alternate Names and Sources:
None
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Potential Range Plant Characteristics Location Suitability
Observations: ~1,739 records Add an Observation to Calflora Search for Achyrachaena mollis
Name Status:
Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS + POWO
Calflora Category:
angiosperm
Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Wetlands:
Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Communities:
Southern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian

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External links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page USDA Plant Profile Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH2) Integrated Taxonomic Info System (ITIS) International Plants Names Index (IPNI)
CalPhotos (UC Berkeley) iNaturalist PlantID.net Calscape (CNPS)

Introduction to Blow Wives: Like dandelions, Blow Wives have eye-catching spherical seed heads. But the pappus in these heads is flat and petal-like... A photo-essay from PlantID.net. (link added by Bruce Homer-Smith)

Learn more about Achyrachaena mollis: Achyrachaena mollis Jepson video: (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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